Laephotis namibensis

Setzer, 1971

Namib Long-eared Serotine

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Laephotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Setzer, H.W. 1971-11-04. New bats of the genus Laephotis from Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(32):259-264.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563319

Original name as described

Laephotis namibensis

Other common names

Namibian Long-eared Bat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:342152

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f6d75035-ce88-4bea-9db5-01357e9a1886

Type locality

"Namib Research Station, Gobabeb, South West Africa [= Namibia]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005735

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Laephotis namibensis

Setzer, 1971

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

namibensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:342152

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f6d75035-ce88-4bea-9db5-01357e9a1886

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563319

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:179, 180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Monadjem, Demos, Dalton, Webala, Musila, Kerbis Peterhans & Patterson (2020:1128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51199)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11137/22007950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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